To rig its vehicles to cheat on u. S. Emissions tests. Volkswagens c. E. O. , who is an engineer, apologized today, but sorry didnt cut it with investors, v. W. s stock dove off a cliff, down more than 17 in the u. S. The company saw more than 14 billion go up in smoke in one trading session, and it now faces billions in fines. Kris van cleave is following this. Reporter the e. P. A. Alleges the german automaker designed a socalled defeat device to allow cars to pass emissions tests they should have failed. Certain diesel models were designed with Sophisticated Software that used information including the position of the Steering Wheel and speed of the vehicle to determine the car was undergoing emissions testing. The car was rigged to bypass that when being driven. Emissions increased 10 to 40 times above acceptable e. P. A. Levels. Professor dan carter was among the researchers at West Virginia university that first reported the difference in emillses last year. Once we started the t
Rokerthon is in its last stretch. Al roker an hour from setting the guiness record for the longest weather cast in the history of mankind. Will fatigue make him insane. Al, do you know where you are . Find out live today, friday, november 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Or as we like to call it the 33rd hour of rokerthon. Rokerthon. Roker friday. He is about to set a Guiness World Record for the longest weather cast. Last night i came to visit about 11 00, and i said youre really sharp. He looks and says no, im not. Thats what natalie said you sound like harvey firestine. At it almost 33 hours. Has he taken a shower, changed his clothes. Look at al. He did put on a fresh pocket square. Got to stay dapper. So al, lets talk about rokerthon, the weather taes story again. It is. Thats what help immediate do rokerthon. I know this
With 25 hours left, hes going strong and the run for the record books taeds, thursday, november 13, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Oh, theres the man of the hour or 34 hours to be exact. Welcome to today, a thursday morning. Nine hours in, you look great. No worse for wear and tear. I went to visit al at masters degree night last night in my pjs. At 4 00 in the morning. Not in my pjs, though, ten minutes ago. Youre welcome, al. Hes going through with it. Giving new definition to live streaming. Isnt that right, al . Yeah, yeah, yeah. One of the bathroom breaks, i did a homage. Open microphone. The weather is exciting this morning. Picked a day to set a world record. The polar vortex, record low temperatures, arctic air from the Pacific Northwest down into the southeast. Right now, denver, 13 below, thats the air temperature. It feels like 32 below, and look at you come east, atlanta now at 40 de
Jon stewart a late night superstar directing his wit at politicians t media and pop culture. Now he is taking on hollywood in a very different way. Hell tell us why as he joins us live wednesday, november 12, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Nice to have jon stewart coming back after a while. Its been a while. Thats right. Hes been busy. He took a summer off. Now were going to find out what he was doing in his free time. It wasnt all that free. It wasnt. A directing debut. Well get started with our top story. Amazing feat attempted deep in space a sign tipss trying to land a spacecraft on a speeding comet. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Space is the place to think big. They are doing that here. This comet, 2. 5 miles wide has taken almost a decade to reach and it is tense right now. The lander has detached as we speak, it
Stretch. Al roker just an hour away from setting the Guinness Record for the longest weather cast in the history of mankind. Will his voice last . Will fatigue make him insane . Al, do you know where you are right now . Find out live, today, friday, november 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Roker roker roker al, good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this friday morning, or as we like to call it, what is it, the 33rd hour of rokerthon . Rokerthon roker friday. He is about to set a Guinness World record for the longest weather cast. Were less than an hour away. Last night i came to visit him about 11 00, brought him some barbecue, and i said, you know, youre really sharp, and he looked at me and said, no, im not. Thats what natalie said, you sound like harvey firestein. Hes been at it for almost 33 hours. A lot of people have wondered, has he taken a shower or changed his clothes . He